News of the Week in County Press
Mrs D E George left for California to be with her husband the Reverend D E George who is partly paralyzed and hospitalized. A mass meeting at Republican Alliance hall aims to form a Wilson Club uniting Republicans Democrats and prohibitionists for the Democratic presidential candidate. Wheat growers report 75 of the 912 crop in Umatilla county, prices hovering around 70 cents. Weather delays farm work and grain threshing, with hiring difficult for nonowners. Pilot Rock public school opens with 67 pupils and three teachers. Pilot Rock adds a garage with plans for an auto agency in spring. Senator J N Burgess returns from Portland confident in Taft reelection and GOP gains in Oregon.
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D.E. George
California
D. E. George
Rheidan Alliance Hall
Wilson” Lab
Wilson Club
Severi
Wilcon
Milton Aule
J. N. Burgess
Portland
Republican State Committee
Burgess
Taft
Mijot
Oregon Agricultural College Opens Fall Semester
The Oregon Agricultural College opens fall terms September 20 with courses in agriculture, engineering, sciences, arts, education, and business. Programs include general agriculture, animal husbandry, veterinary science, civil and electrical engineering, chemistry, English, languages, music, and more. Registrar offers catalogue and illustrated literature by mail. Corvallis, Oregon.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Oregon
Coast League Games Delayed by Rain For Vernon Oakland
Vernon and Oakland games were postponed due to rain. Portland and Sacramento had no game as the schedule weathered more cancellations.
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Vernon
Oakland
Portland
Sacramento
Indirect Health Ad Touts Outdoor Exercise and Tablets
A historical advertisement claims that stairs work and household chores do not make a woman healthy or beautiful, urging outdoor walking and the use of Chamberlain's Tablets to improve indigestion and regulate bowels, with the product sold by all dealers.
Large water rights taken at Hermiston
Hermiston Oregon September 7 The Medow Valley Land Company of Buene Oregon has purchased water rights for 2006 acres from the Western Land and Irrigation Company for 8000. The new owners include Eugene figures Dr T W Harris Prof B B Leonard and J K Williams. Work will start September 9 to convert the tract into alfalfa. The Armitak River Water Users association directors plan a meeting to discuss sending a delegate to Salt Lake City for the federation of water owners on matters important to Umatilla project settlers.
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Hermiston
Ore
Medow Valley Land Company
Bu- Lene
Oregon
Western Land and Irrigation Compaany
Eugene
T. W. Harris
BB. K. Leonard
Eugene University
J. K. Willams Oo
Wistalfa
Armatik River Water Users’ Association
Salt Lake
Utah
Federation of Water Owers
Umatilla
Insane Patient Takes Over Doctor's Practice
Berlin reports a dramatic distraction as a man claiming to be a physician's representative arrived at a prominent doctor's office and announced the practitioner's illness. He then escorted patients inside, writing prescriptions for each, while the regular physician’s fate remained unclear.
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Berlin
Ian
Cascarets Claim Quick Belly Cleanup Overnight
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly aid to cleanse the stomach and bowels, remove sour undigested food and bile, and improve feverish, nervous, and tired symptoms. It promotes a 10 cent box with claims of gentle action and no griping, appealing to both adults and children.
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Iver
Peculiar Doctor's Prescriptions Alarm Patients
Patients at a clinic noticed odd orders from a new doctor. A woman with a severe headache received Hold tongue for 24 hours while others were given nonsensical directives like Eight have field work and Hore hound candy. A nervous patient was told Sweep, darn specks and cough dropn three times daily. The hoax unraveled when a policeman arrived and revealed the doctor’s representative was a former insane patient he believed he had cured.
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Oregon Motor Garage
B. F. Trombley
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Elizabeth Tonkin
Grace Frost
Maude McReynolds
Ass Intermedilate
Pilot Nock
M. L. Roy
E. R. Hankin
Roy
Ajima Street
Pilot Rock Regord
New
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Seattle
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Tosperial Hotel
Portland, OR
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R.H.E
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Boaia’s
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Los Angeles
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Cyrus Noble
W. J. van Schuyver & Co
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Soo Line
St. Paul
Minneapolis
T. F. O'Brien
Second Ave
Sprague Ave
Spokane
Wash
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